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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-15

For full particulars or tickets call on
J. H. MILLER Pass Agent Dallas. Texas. f. p TURNER,
o. ODEN Ticket Agent Depot and No 300 Main Dallas
T. A. u Depot Dallas B. w. MCCULLOUGH, p. Dallas
JOHN A. GRANT, General Manager Dallas.
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Tho Secret of Advertising.

s'The business man who has learned to
advertise has acquired one of the principal
clements of success" said printer OF
some experience. 1.-THE secret of adver-
tising is not so much to have the notice
read as to have it believed. To lose the
confidence of the public Is to lose your
trade. If you advertise in an undignided
manner people begin to look upon you US
fakir and your goods as shoddy. Tho
largest advertiser in Philadelphia set the
example of taking the public into his con-
fidence and announcing his goods in au
unassuming manner. His style has been
adopted by nearly all the leading houses.
A person of refinement doesn't like to be
admonished by tradesman not to be
chump, and he pays little heed to the man
who tells him that his prices KNOCK the
spots off speckled pig When you want
suit of clothes the last place you think
of going to is the store that advertises
gents pants.' To come back to my own
trade, there are few printers in the bust
ness now. They are all either typograph-
ers or typographical artists, and I know
of one man who advertised himself as a
worker in the black art and @ manipu-
lator of the adjustable alphabet
"There was O personal in one OF the
Sunday papers some time ago ofa literary
gent of world wide reputation That
fellow betrayed himself by one word, and
probably never knew how he did it. One
needn't go far to SEQ the questionable
taste Of many storekeepers. Boots and
shoes are advertised as foot gear, fish as
sea food and liquors as wet goods.
The men who peddle grapes from push
carts at three cents per half pound have
habit of turning down one end of their
paper signs so that the word half is
hidden. The man wheeomplains of short
measure has the sign Strengthened out for
him. When he has gone the sign is bent
back again.-New York Evening Sun.
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Dark Continent Wonders,

A traveller who has just returned from
an expedition through Central Africa,
gives vivid description Of the horrors of
the Kalahart desert, in which, he Gays, it
would te quite impossible for any one 10
live, were it not for the existence of the
sssams," or wild watermelon, which grows
in profusion, and affords food aud drink
to both man and beast. TIE author sug.
gests that the introduction of the "sama"
would render vast tracts of worthless
land in the United States available for
cattle raising. The natives of the Kala-
hart region always go provided with q
stock of dried poison bags of various
kinds of snakes, and, if bitten, they at
once rub into the wound the poison of
another kind of serpent, which neutral
ICES the venom in the wound. Even
more singular, perhaps, is the statement
that whereas by the sting Of the scorpion
there is accompanied extreme pain,
swelling and some danger to life, a native
who is stung at once looks for another
scorpion and allows it to sting him, the
second sting entirely counteracting the
effect of the first.
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On a Sugar Plantation.

The relations between employer and
employees on sugar estate are unique.
They are the nearest approach in America
to feudal system. Not foot of land do
the laborers own. Yet their right to homes
and labor on an estate is q sort of Enwrit-
ten law, so binding that they arc seldom
sent away except for very serious cause.
They regard the mules and implements of
the planter as to some extent their own,
using them to cultivate their gardens and
to haul their fuel. In directing the plan
tation work, he seldom uses any harsh
words of command; talks rather in kindly
tones, scolds a little if needs be, but in
rather a parental fashion; asks opinions
at times from swarthy old "unclcsn who
have standing on the place as faithful
men and experts in cane culture; knows
the strong and weak points in the charac-
ter of every man in his employment. In
deed his rule is SO mild that stranger to
plantation life wonders how the uGcorth
mass of black laborers is held together
and disciplined SO RS to produce favorable
Industrial results.@E. Y. Smalley in The
Century
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A public school teacher is credited

a public school teacher is credited
with the statement thai there is no man
living who knows every one of the $4,000
words in Webster's unabridged dictiona.
~, nor half, no o third of them. 'Nor is
there q man that could define them if he
were asked. Shakespeare, who had the
richest vocabulary used by any English
man, employed only $4,000 words. Mil
ton could pick out from 5000, but the
average man, q graduate from one of the
great universities, rare has vocabulary
gilmore than 5000 or 900 words. There
are Americans born and bred who con.
trive to express all their wants and opin.
!: ions IN 800 words, and in the rural dis.
:tricts the knowledge of $50 or 200 words
ID sufficient to carry man through the
world. So the unabridged dictionary is
scluttered up with 10000 or more tech
meal or obsolete words that you never
hear in ordinary conversation or see in
ordinary books and newspapers"
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The Waning Birmingham Boom.


4 Birmingham man vas in town yes
terday. He said: "There will never, in
my opinion, be another big boom in
Birmingham like that of year ago.
Rather may we expect rents and prices
to come down to o normal condition. At
present they are outrageously high.
Times are not brisk, money is tight, notes
for land purchased on speculation will in
many cases be defaulted. and fortunes
ION paper) are beginning to shrink. /
have known cases where 2 per cent. q
month has been paid for money, and fail.
ures will occur where enormous rents are
paid by men of small capital. Ofcourse
Birmingham is still a marvel of business
and building, but Montgomery men need
not look for any phenomenal boom to let
them out of gambling ventures. There
will be solid growth and prosperity, but
an inevitable adjustment will catch many
persons unprepared. know of property
in notes that is offered at 80 per cent.
discount.
Birmingham is not healthy city, and
the water is still bad. On the highlands
it is tolerably salubrious, but board there
is $50 mouth. Pneumonia aud throat
diseases prevail. I have never felt quite
we'll since / have been there, but remain
because I can make more money there
than in the lovely "dead" towns of the
State. As 10 the water, do not drink it
and feel sorry for all who are compelled
to do so. Hundreds of persons get their
supplies in jugs or other vessels from
Lake View and Avondale.
'The papers do not publish mortuary
reports or give out the causes of death,
but the doctors, when privately asked, tell
the truth. They admit that the place is
not healthy.
aAs to liquor drinking, think there
are more barrooms in Birmingham, two
to one, than any place on the continent,
and saloon keepers all make money.
Probably there is so much drinking of
whiskey and other intoxicants because of
the ill.repute of the water" ."-Anniston
.(AM.) Hot Blast.
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=. Jay Gould is now in Marseillea,
where he will go on board his yacht, the
Atalanta, and take run around in the
Mediterranean Sea. On Saturday he
spoke freely with correspondent of the
New York World, and said that, he con-
sidered President Cleveland's nomination
certain and his election more than prob.
able. He also expressed great confidence
in the wisdom of the financial policy of
the present Administration and said that
it was all the business men could desire.
Mr.. Gould says that Europe is more than
half century behind the United States
in nearly every respect.
= Sixty millions OF matches are said
to be made daily in Akron, Ohio.
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Family Trouble in Watch Cases.

In four out of every FIVE watches
brought to be regulated, repaired or
cleaned we find some token. Sometimes
it is bit of ribbon OF lock of hair, or q
rose petal. But oftener it's four.leaf
clover is a love token always. tt is by
the maiden fair given to her lover, who
tenderly slows it away in the back of his
watch case and forgets all about it.
When his watch goes wrong he takes it
to jeweler and doesn't think of the relic
it contains. It is difficult always to keep
these things straight, and once in q
while We mix them up.
One fellow came in a short time ago
and registered kick. He took out of
his watch tiny bit of blonde hair tied
with piece of pink ribbon, and told me
in good round terms that it had got him
into trouble. II brought my watch here
a couple of weeks ago to be regulated
and forgot to take out four.leaf clover
had in the back of it. I didn't think
any more about it till last night, when
my girl looked in the back case to see if
the clover was still there. When she
found this lock Of blonde hair she fixed
me with cold, glittefing. glance and
offered me back my ring. / put in the
next hour trying to explain that I didn't
know anything about the internal blonde
bair, and / didn't meet with hattering
success. Now fyou don't hunt up that
clover I'll make more trouble in your
blanked old store than deputy sheriff.
And you've got to give me a written
statement that youput this dashed blonde
hair in my watch or I'll prosecute you
for malicious mischief. You hear me I"
Well, foresaw trouble in the air, but
took the yellow hair and pink ribbon and
laid it away, and in day or two a
middle.aged man came in with wrath all
over his face. "What in thunder do you
mean by disrupting mans family
peace p he began, as he pulled out his
watch and took four leaf clover out of
the back case.
"Do you want to break up loving
household aud get me into the divorce
Court2 left my watch here with alock
of my wife's hair in it, and last night she
found this measly four.leaf clover in
place of it. I've carried that bit of hair
ever since we were engaged, and if I
don't get it back you bad better move to
some other town. What dye mean,
anyway? 1 never picked a four-leaf
clover in my life, nor did my wife, either.
I wouldn't go through the row ] had last
night again for your whole blanked store,
Nov, you hustle and get me back my
own keepsake"
1 produced it and explained how it had
occurred, and his brow cleared. "Now I
think of it." he said, as he started to go,
'just you write me letter and tell. how
this happened, and sign and seal it for all
you're worth. Women never believe 3
man unless he lies to 'em, and ! want
something to save me further trouble"
Ibid SO and he departed with bis mind at
rest-F|on the ,Je,oelers' Weekly.
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Older Than the Obelisk,

Older Thon the ODellsk.
ga fine tree, that?''
eyes, but id is rather young.n
"sRather young? Why, it is over 300
years DID,"
ssThat may be-, returned the second
speaker, who combines with his profession
of architecture profound knowledge of
forestry, 'sbut that is not very old for a
tree.'
ssPerhaps not for Europe or Asia, but
recol1ect that this is new country" OBJ
served the reporter, who had accompanied
him to Central park, where a handsome
oak tree attracted their attention.
t'How old do you think that obelisk is?''
inquired the architect.
"a little over 5000 years"
"Wel, what would you say if told
you that in one Of the younger states of
the Union 1 had sat under n tree that was
full grown and vigorous when the Egyp-
tians were toiling on that shaft?''
IT presume should have to believe
you"
GAS you please about that. But I have
Clipped bark Off pine tree in Calayeras
county, Cal, that spread shade over many
hooks were carved on the side of that col
umn. This tree that speak of is sup
posed to be the Oldest tree in the world.
Its age is estimated at $500 years. The
climate of the Pacific slope seems to be
wonderfully preservative for trees of its
kind.''
"Could tree ever live that long in this
climate?''
II doubt it. No tree certainly. ever
has. But when you speak Of this being u
new country, bear in mind that all coun-
tries were made about the same time and
trees were not made by men. New
York Mail and Express.
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Thakore sahib in America.

The Thakore Sahib, of Linbdi, speak
ing in San Francisco Of his journey through
the United States, said: The cities Of
the eastern states are as good as any in
the world, while the condition of the agri-
cultural districts is better. AS I travelled
west the marvels seemed to increase in
stead of stopping and the same material
advancement marks all the great western
states. I was singuarly impressed with
the beauties of scenery of Yellowstone
park. T think I like the people of the
west better than those of the east. They
seem more home like to me. They think
that the beauties of nature are better than
themselves, and not that they are better
than the beauties Of nature. The great
wheat fields Of California presented q
splendid sight to me. Some of the finest
scenery I have ever seen is that of the
Shasta mountains. New York Tribune.
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Tho Order WAS Rero1,ed.

It is told in Boston that an order was
received in the composing room of the Adj
vcrtiser, one day not long ago, that
Christian names were to be invariably in
dicated by initials, the name in no in
stance to be printed III fult. The next
issue contained mention of G. Cleveland,
G. Washington, and so OH. 1t is said tho
order was revoked when the editor found
Don QuiXote's squire figuring on q proof
sheet as rs. Panza New York Sun
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THE
IAE
PLANTERS RESTAURANT.

VNTITH view of filling long-felt want
w in Anderson, a First Glass Restau-
rant has been opened in the Masonic build
ing, where the public can always get q
good meal. The patronage of the Ladies
is also solicited.
The Restaurant will be presided over by
Mrs. Margaret Harris, who has had con-
siderable experience in the business, and
the mere mention of her name is suf1-
cient guarantee that everything. will be
served in the best and most palatable style.
The table will be supplied with the best the
market affords. Meals at all hours. at the
low price of 25 cents meal.
Sent % 1887 II
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Origin of an Ancient Proverb.

The dictum that "Cleanliness is next to
godliness' has been ascribed to John
Wesley, but it is said to have originated
from the following sentence by George
Herbert: "His "a clergyman's) apparel is
plain, but reverend and clean, without
spots or dust, the purity of his mind
breaking out and dilating itself, even to
his body, clothes and habitation. Chi
caeo Herald.
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The Volumes of the Barar begin with the first
Number for January of each year. When no time
is mentioned, subscriptions will begin with the
Number current at time of receipt Of order
Bound Volumes of HARpEIs BAZAR, for three
wears back in neat cloth binding, will be sent by
mail. postage paid, or by express free of expense
(provided the freight docs not exceed one dollar
pcr yolume), for 81 % per volume.
Cloth Cases for each volume, suitable for bind.
ing, will be sent by MAIL postpaid, on receipt Of
81 no each
Remittanccs should be made by Post-Otlice
Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of loss
Newspapers are not copy this advertisement ariM-
outibe erpress order of IIARpER & BROTHERS.
Address HARPER s. BROTHERS. New York
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.Lanan,s New Var shins

Tho Japan naval department. intends
ordering from private dock yards i'll the
country about fifteen men of war and
guntSats constructed on the newest style,
at n cost of not much less than 500, 600
yen each. The new war ships are to be
completed within two ycars.--Cllicagc
Herald.
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A person in health should average each
day about two pints and half of fluids.
In this quantity are included water, tea,
coffee aud other beverages.-Bcston Jour.
nal Of Health.
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A curious piece of art is on exhibition
in an ivory store at New York. It is an
ivory figure of the child Jesus, taken from
Mexican cathedral, and supposed to be
nearly 800 years old.-Chicago Times.
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THE STATE Of SOUTH CAROLINA.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.


Mary A. Bell, Plaintiff, against Absalom J. Hall,
Catlarine L. Tucker, F.nton S. Hall. David L.
Hall, Lucinda Hall, Margaret II. Wies, James
J.. Wiles, David II. Wiles, Jesse a. Wiles. Willis
r. Wiles, James Mc(ice, William McGee, Martha
]. McGee, N. C. Wiles, a. NJ. Wiles, lancy NJ. +.
Rarksdae, Ludy C. Barksdalc, Charles W. Barks-
dale, Sarah C. Dooly, Annie Burton anii Law
renee Burton, observation-disclosures for Relief
Complaint Serred.
To the Defendants above named:
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
l. swer the complaint in this action of which
copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve
COPY of your answer to the said complaint on the
subscribers at their Office, Anderson c, IT,, s. G.,
within twenty days after the service hereof, ex7
to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid
the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated Anderso i, S. c., Nov. 2Stl, A. D. 1887
MURRAY, BREAzEALE & MURRAY,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
[sEALl NJ. P. TREBLE, c. C.. p.
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Connects With train to and from Green
wood, Laurens and Spartanburg.
Connections at Augusta with Georgia,
South Carolina and Central Railroads. At
Spartanburg with A {; G. Air Line and
Asheville & Spartanburg R. R.
Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points
at through rates. Baggage checked TO des-
tination. w. J. CRAIG, a. G. 2. A.
w. w. STARR, Supt., Augusta, Ga.
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To tho absent minor Defendant, William McGec: :
ment of a Guardian ad Item. to appear AMI defend
this action on your behalf within twenty days
from the service of the Summons herein upon
YOU, an application will be made to the CouiS TO;
an order appointing some suitable and com,etent
person Guardian ad Item for you, and author
izing him to appear and defend the above action
MURRAY, EREAZEALE & MURRAY,
Nov. %. 1857, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Dec /, 1857 q
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON
COTrRT OF COMMON PLEAS.


Thomas A. Sherard and Thomas A. Sherard a. AS
signce of Samuel MCGOWAN, John B. Moore and
John E. Allen, partners under the Firm name
of MCGOWAN, Moore d Allen, Plaintiffs, against
]. B. Newton and Eliza Newton, Defendants
Summons for Relief-C6npiaint not Serred.
To the Defendants above named:
yTOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaintin this action, which
is filed in the Office of the Clerk Of the Court
of Common Pleas, at anderson c. H., g. G.,
and to serve copy Of your answer to the said
complaint on the subscribers at their Office, Ander-
son C. sc, within twenty days after the service
hereof exclusive Of the day of such service; and II
you fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid the plaintiffs in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint
Dated November IA, A. D. 1887.
BROWN & TRIBBLE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, Anderson, S. G..
[sEAL] +. Z. WATKINS, Dep. C. c. P.
To the absent Defendant, J. B. Newton:
Take notice that the Summons and Complaint
in this action were filed in the Office Of the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson
County, in the State of South Carolina, at Ander-
son, S. c., on the 18th day Of November, 1887.
BROWN & TRIBBLE,
~ = ,.., Plaintiffs FL Attorneys
j.
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To the absent Defendants James McGce, William
McGec and Sarah C. Dooley:
Take notice that the Complaint in this action
together with the Summons, of which the lorego-
ing is a copy, was filed in the Office Of the Clerk of
the Cou rt OF Common Pleas for Anderson County,
at Anderson, S. c., on the 2Sth day of November,
a. D. 1887 and that the object of such action Is to
obtain PARTITION Of Tract OF Land in said Coun-
MURRAY, BREAzEALE & MURRAY,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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/ lSSS.
Harper's Bazaar.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harpers Ba=ar is a home journal. It combines
choice literature and fine art illustrations with the
latest intelligence regarding the fashions. Each
number has clever serial and short stores practi.
cal and timely essays. bright poems, humorous
sketches, etc. It's pattern sheet and fashion-plate
supplements will alone help ladies to save many
times the cost of the subscription, and papers on
social etiquette, decorative art, housekeeping In
all its branches cookery, ETC., make it useful in
every household and true promoter of economy.
line is admitted to its columns that could offend
tho most fastillouS taste.
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A Famous Buffalo Range.

From the Red buttes onward you see
where the millions have gone. This was
once a famous buffalo range, and now
the bleaching skeletons lie scattered
thickly along all the trail Like ghastly
monuments Of slaughter, these ugly ex-
essences stand out in bold relief on the
smooth, hard surface Of the prairie, from
the huge bull skeletons lying close beside
the wagon trail to those far back in the
bad lands, where they are merely dark
specks in the distance. They lie today
precisely as they fell four years ago, ex-
cept that the flesh Is no longer upon them.
The head stretches far forward, as If for
Its last gasp, and the legs lie helplessly
upon the turf with precisely the same
curves as when they moved for the last
time.
Now and then you come to place
where the hunter got "stand" on
"bunch, and from his hiding place in the
head of gully or amongst the rocks fired
leisurely with his 40-120S 0Sharp's rifle, at
the rate of q shot every two or three min
utes until every buffalo of the bunch had
fallen. Here you can count seventeen.
skeletons on a little more than an acre,
and near by are four more that evidently
fell at the same time. The powerful
effect of the strong, parching winds and
the intense dry heat of summer has liter
ally stripped the flesh from the bones, but
the skeletons lie precisely as they fell.
The bones are still held together by few
dried up Hgaments, but are bleached as
white as SNOWY. T. Hornaday in The
Cosmopolitan.
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Terms Postage Prepaid, $500 per Year.
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There arc forty Jewish nlii!i":.:i;r.a in
New York city.